Glass Case with Pies (Assorted Pies in a Case)
1962
Artist, American, born Sweden, 1929 - 2022
NGA, East Building, EU-407-D, S
Artwork overview
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Medium
burlap soaked in plaster, painted with enamel, with pie tins, in glass-and-metal case
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Credit Line
Gift of Leo Castelli, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
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Dimensions
overall: 47.6 x 31.1 x 27.6 cm (18 3/4 x 12 1/4 x 10 7/8 in.)
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Accession
1991.54.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Green Gallery, New York); (Leo Castelli Gallery, New York); gift 1991 to NGA.
[1]Provenance according to Art for the Nation : Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, exh. cat., Washington, 1991
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1991
Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1991, supplement to catalogue, color repro.
1992
American Art 1930-1970, Lingotto S.r.l., Turin, Italy, 1992, repro. 253.
1995
Claes Oldenburg: An Anthology, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Guggenheim Museum, New York; Kunst- und Austellungshalle der Bundesrepublik..., Bonn; Hayward Gallery, London, 1995-1996, no. 84, repro.
2001
Les années Pop, Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 2001, not in catalogue (but reproduced in a special edition of Connaissance des Arts accompanying the exhibition).
2002
Deceptions and Illusions: Five Centuries of Trompe l'Oeil Painting, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2002-2003, no. 103, color repro.
2012
Claes Oldenburg: The Sixties, Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna; Museum Ludwig, Cologne; Museo Guggenheim Bilbao; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 2012-2014, unnumbered catalogue (shown only in New York).
Bibliography
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 163, repro.
Inscriptions
under each pie: [artist's initials]
Wikidata ID
Q63860768